Черепашка [Cherepashka] [English translation]

It was last summer, I was lying on the sand

I was enjoying the bright light, the cries of the gulls in the distance

All of a sudden, from out of the sea onto the hot sand1

Such a wonder crawled this way that I was shocked!

A sea turtle named Natashka

With glasses2 from China -- that's so cool!

A sea turtle named Natashka

With glasses from China -- that's so cool!

Sea!

(x2)

And she slid these black glasses onto her brow

She said that I was thin3 and almost transparent

I was deeply bothered by her words

But what's the use -- after all, they say

She's friendly with lions4

A sea turtle named Natashka

With glasses from China -- that's so cool!

A sea turtle named Natashka

With glasses from China -- that's so cool!

Sea!

(x2)

But then she said that she'd like to become a singer

And begged me to give her a voice lesson

And ever since then, the turtle and I are best friends

It's just a shame that Natashka can't sing like me!

A sea turtle named Natashka

With glasses from China -- that's so cool!

A sea turtle named Natashka

With glasses from China -- that's so cool!

Sea!

(x2)

Natashka... so... cool...

Natashka... so... cool... sea

1. I'm not sure what 'из самого' means here (from itself?), nor why из and на are repeated... "on the warm(th), on the sand"?2. eyeglasses3. scrawny, lean, skinny4. what does it mean?

• Artist:Natali
• Album:Первая любовь (2000) / Красавица — не красавица (2001)